The survey of impact of entrepreneurial courses on intention and psychological characteristics of physical education students (a case study of Iranian universities)

Year 2016, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 79 - 84, 31.08.2016

Fahimeh Rezaeı Ali Zareı Faride Ashraf Ganjoueı

Abstract

Recently,
according to increasing growth of young population and limitations of
employment opportunities, empowering youth and their guidance toward
entrepreneurship has been the most important country authorities’ programs. In
spite of detection of the importance of sport in the knowledge economy and
entrepreneurship and efforts by universities in the country and the Ministry of
Sport and Youth in order to teach entrepreneurship, effect of entrepreneurship
education in physical education students and higher education institutions has
not been studied. Therefore, the primary purpose of this paper is to study and
evaluate effect of entrepreneurship education in schools of physical education
in the Iran. Thus, one of the most important actions, in order make
entrepreneurial behavior in them, is to form entrepreneurial intend and
attitude in them. The research method is descriptive and applied one.
Statistical population of this study includes all physical education colleges
affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Target
population includes all students existed in schools as well as individuals who
were registered. A validity questionnaire having the stability α=0/91 was used
in order to collect data. Data analysis was performed in two levels by using
spss18 software. Results show that entrepreneurship intention of participants
in entrepreneurship classes is different than students who do not participate
in entrepreneurship classes. In fact, students participated in entrepreneurship
classes are more inclined to entrepreneurship. Among contents and popular
headlines to train entrepreneurship, the issues such as marketing, principles
of launching business, innovation, entrepreneurial characteristics and
definitions and concepts of entrepreneurship were presented for students in
classes. This study presented basis for accepting additional research on
sport-entrepreneurship education. Also, it provides valuable perspectives for
universities and other sectors in order to determine the basic characteristics
of effective teaching methods in the field of Sport Entrepreneurship that is
along with national entrepreneurship development action plan.

Keywords

Entrepreneurial intention, physical education students, psychological characteristics, sport entrepreneurship

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